Color Ink

Another successful Wide-Format Technology Summit was hosted by
Fujifilm North America, Graphic Systems Division, this time at the
company's all-new Chicago Technology Center in Hanover Park, IL.
Nearly 50 people were in attendance to experience inkjet
innovations and wide-format print applications, and also receive a
tour of the new 23,000-square-foot facility.

Color Ink of Sussex, WI, created realistic 1:1 scale models of
Olympic bobsleds for client Century 21 Real Estate just in time for
the Olympics. Century 21 is an official sponsor of the U.S. bobsled
team and its objective was to display a handful of the replica
bobsleds at various locations during the Winter Olympics that took
place in February 2014.

Printers looking to break away from the commodity trap should
consider digital signage, banners, wide-format graphics and
point-of-purchase/point-of-sale (POP/POS) output as a way to expand
their sales and profit margins. That was the key takeaway from
Printing Impressions’ “Opportunities in Wide-Format
Digital Printing” regional colloquium held last month in Oak Brook,
IL.

Two subsidiaries of Color Ink Printing and Communications of
Sussex, WI—FunDeco Furniture & Decor and Jim Meissner Fine
Art—celebrated the opening of a retail store and art gallery with a
ribbon cutting ceremony and private showing last week.

For 30 years, Jim Meissner has operated Color Ink in Sussex, WI, as
a successful large commercial printing operation, while at the same
time refining his skills as an artist.

Meissner's professional career and hobby were fused together last
week when the Plan Commission heard a proposal that would provide
retail space for Color Ink's latest and most unique product, as
well as Meissner's art work.

"There is some of Jim's work on display at Color Ink,"said Ben La
Forest, vice president of finance for Color Ink. "But, we thought
we ought to give the community a better opportunity to enjoy it.

Color Ink, a full-service, sheetfed offset and digital printer
based in Sussex, WI, has expanded its large-format inkjet printing
capacity and capabilities with the purchase of a Uvistar Pro-8
printer from Fujifilm. “We know our customers need quick turnaround
and the new Uvistar Pro-8 gives us the ability to respond faster
while meeting the demanding quality expectations of our customers.”

NOW IN its 24th year, the Printing Impressions 400 (special
pull-out section) provides the industry’s most comprehensive
ranking of the leading printing companies in the United States and
Canada. The listings include company name and headquarters
location; parent company, if applicable; current and previous
year’s rankings; most recent and previous year’s fiscal sales;
percentage change; primary specialties; principal officer(s); and
number of employees, manufacturing plants and total press units.
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Jim Meissner, founder and CEO of Color Ink in Sussex, WI, has
reduced his duties to pursue his passion for fine art/oil painting.
An exhibit of his work begins this month at Landmarks Gallery,
located here. His work includes dramatic views of vistas in the
Southwest, landscapes of Wisconsin, and paintings of places he has
visited in Italy and Hawaii. Lisa Arsenault has been appointed
president of The McArdle Printing Co., Upper Marlboro, MD, a
subsidiary company of BNA Inc. Arsenault steps into the job from
her previous role as vice president of sales. Under her leadership,
McArdle's sales grew more than 25 percent in

PINEVILLE, NC—Belk Printing Technologies has installed its third
Mitsubishi press. The Diamond 3000S began production at Belk in
mid-February. This is the company's second six-color press.
Nies/Artcraft Cos., St. Louis, announced that Keith Marcks has been
named president of Lion Promotional Solutions, a subsidiary of
Nies/Artcraft specializing in promotional coupons, games and
sweepstakes, and point-of-purchase displays. In other news, Tom
Miller has been promoted to the position of vice president,
marketing/account services. He has held the position of director of
marketing at Nies/Artcraft for the past four years. Randy Monroe of
LX Printing in Colorado Springs, CO, received the Eagle Award from
Certified Printers International (CPrint)